Kids will sharpen their dictionary skills with this challenging guide words sort. By sorting a group of words into their correct dictionary locations, young readers will gain confidence and dexterity in their reading and vocabulary abilities.

Help your students review root words so they can analyze unfamiliar words and figure out the meaning without using a dictionary. In this worksheet, students will identify the root of each word containing suffixes and prefixes.

Students will practice using dictionary guide words by matching words to the pages they would appear on.

Use this resource to give your students practice using guide words to determine a word’s location in the dictionary.

Use this exercise with your students to review alphabetizing and practice using guide words to determine a word’s correct location in the dictionary.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using a Dictionary to Clarify the Meaning of Unknown Words.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using a Dictionary to Clarify the Meaning of Unknown Words.

With a dictionary, kids will use the different definitions of "right" in sentences of their own and illustrate its different meanings by drawing pictures.

This worksheet will help strengthen your students' word definition skills.

As your beginning reader builds their vocabulary, they may come across words they don't know. This worksheet will help them keep a log of new words.

There are many ways to figure out the meanings of unknown words. Through this worksheet, students record unknown words and find out their meaning using a variety of strategies.

Use this resource to give your students practice using a dictionary’s guide words to correctly locate a word.

This well-rounded quiz covers a range of vocabulary topics, from alphabetical order and root words to synonyms and antonyms.

Little readers, practice alphabetizing with this fun activity! Kids can put these scrambled words in alphabetical order to create a complete sentence.

Your scholars will break down their vocabulary words with inflected endings into the base form in order to successfully locate a dictionary entry.

Kids will flex their vocabulary muscles to practice using certain nouns as verbs. How do meanings differ when some words are used as different parts of speech

Use this resource to support your students as they work to break down words with inflected endings into the base form in order to successfully find a word’s definition.

When children encounter new words, they don't need to make a beeline for the dictionary. Train them to use context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown word.

Give your young readers some practice using context clues and dictionaries to expand their vocabulary with this reading activity. As students read, they will consider the meaning of tricky words, then write down their definitions using a dictionary.